Double breasted coat



J1me 1942- J. GIUSEFFI 2,287,680

DOUBLE BREASTED com Filed Nov. 6, 1941 lo. M

567/9 vas INVENTOR. Jerome Gzuseffi.

Patented June 23, 1942 umreo S-T TE-S The Goodall Worsted Company,

Maine, a corporation of Maine Application November 6, 1941-sewer-Narmada 4 Claims.

This invention relates to double breasted coats and other garments inwhich the underlying section (in mens coats, the right side) is carriedacross and buttoned to the inside of the overlying section of thegarment. Heretofore, and as commonly practiced at the present time, thisunderlying front section is fastened to a button secured to the insideof the overlying coat section, said button being secured opposite and inregistry with one of the outer front buttons of the overlying coatsection. The positioning of the opposed buttons in this way has beengenerally recognized as undesirable since in a high percentage of casesone or the other, or both, of the juxtaposed buttons are broken when thecoat is cleaned and pressed, and moreover, the cleaning and pressingoperation is rendered more difficult because of the obstruction of thetwo buttons sewed together in the manner described.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate these difficultiesand to attain other advantages, and the invention consists, briefly, insecuring to the inside of the front section of the coat, a small flap,cord, extension or the like having a button secured thereto and to whichbutton the opposite or underlying section of the coat is attached inwearing position and at which time the button on said flap falls intosubstantially the same vertical line as the buttons on the outer face ofthe overlyingsection of the coat. When the coat is to be cleaned orpressed, the flap is simply turned in the opposite direction, at whichtime its button is brought Well out of registration with the adjacentbutton on the face of the overlying coat section so that the buttons arenot broken during the cleaning and pressing operation nor do theyprovide the considerable obstruction or hump that inevitably resultswhen the buttons in question are positioned in accordance with presentpractice.

In more detail and with reference to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a mans double breasted coat with the right orunderlying front section of the coat shown in wearing position and withthe left, or overlying section, of the coat thrown back to reveal theinvention as applied to the inside of said section.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view through those portions of the coat (inoperative position) to which the invention has been applied.

The coat may comprise the underlying front section 5 comprising theouter thickness 6 and the inner facing 'l. The coat section 5 may besuitably lined, as indicated at 8, and is provided 55 with a buttonhole9 which cooperates with the button means on the opposite coat section,to be described.

This opposite or overlying section of the coat,

0 designated at It), may likewise comprise inner and outer members IIand I2 and lining l3 whose connecting seam is shown at I4. Outer buttonson the face of this overlying section of the coat are indicated at I5.

10 In accordance with this invention a short flap or extension piece l6has one end secured to the inner side of the overlying coat section l0.The connection is preferably made at the seam I4, as indicated at IT.The flap I6 has a button l8 selo cured adjacent its free end and, whenthe coat is placed in wearing position, this button is adapted to beengaged with the buttonhole 9 of the opposite or underlying section ofthe coat. The flap I6 is so positioned that, when the coat is thus inplace, the button 18 of said flap falls substantially into alignmentwith that button IE on the outer face of the section III with which itwould be connected, in accordance with present general use.

o The underlying section of the coat is thus properly held in wearingposition and the fastening of the two sections of the coat together isaccomplished more easily and with less handling and crumpling of theadjacent parts of the suit.

In addition, the structure of this invention facilitates access to thewearers trouser pockets since it permits the overlying or left sectionof the coat front to be unbuttoned and turned back to a greater extentthat heretofore, and without the necessity of unfastening the underlyingsection of the coat attached to the said flap button.

When the coat is to be cleaned, the flap [6 is simply turned in adirection away from the front line of buttons on the face of theoverlying coat section, as seen in dotted lines (Fig. 2), whereby theobjectionable obstruction or hump, already referred to, in coatconstruction as now known, is obviated, since the flap button and theadjacent one on the outer face of the coat are como pletelydisassociated whereby pressing and cleanthe inside of the overlyingsection of the coat front, and a button on the flap adapted to engagethe underlying section of the coat front for holding said underlyingsection in proper wearing position.

2.- A double breasted coat or garment provided with buttons andbuttonholes on both sections or sides of the coat front, a small flap orthe like secured to the inside of the overlying or top section of thecoat front, and a button on said flap adapted to engage the underlyingsection of the front of the coat when the latter is in position forwearing, said flap being secured at such point that its button, when thecoat is in wearing position, falls substantially in line with thebuttons on the outer side of the overlying coat sec tion but innon-registration with any one of said buttons.

3. A double breasted coat or garment provided with the buttons andbuttonholes on both sections or sides of the coat front, and a smallflap or the like secured to the inside of the overlying or top sectionof the coat front, said flap being positioned beneath one of the buttonsof said overlying coat section and having a button attached thereto forengaging the underlying section of the coat front, said flap beingadapted in use to extend toward the opposite section of the coat frontat which time said flap button lies substantially beneath an outerbutton on the coat, and said flap, when the coat is to be pressed orcleaned, being adapted to be extended in the opposite direction forbringing its button out of alignment with said outer button.

4. In a double breasted coat, a flap secured to the inside of theoverlying section of the coat front, and means on the flap adapted toengage the underlying section of the coat front for holding saidunderlying section in proper wearing position.

JEROME GIUSEF'FI.

